Acts 9:26-30

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Saul Preaches in Jerusalem

²⁶ When Saul went to Jerusalem [Gal. 1:18], he tried to ·join [associate with] the ·group of followers [disciples], but they were all afraid of him. They did not believe he was really a ·follower [disciple]. ²⁷ But Barnabas ·accepted [or took hold of] Saul and took him to the apostles. Barnabas explained to them that Saul had seen the Lord on the road and the Lord had spoken to Saul. Then he told them how ·boldly [fearlessly] Saul had preached in the name of Jesus in Damascus.

²⁸ And so Saul stayed with the ·followers [disciples], ·going everywhere [or going around openly with them; ^Lgoing in and going out] in Jerusalem, preaching ·boldly [fearlessly] in the name of the Lord. ²⁹ He would often talk and ·argue [debate] with the ·Jewish people who spoke Greek [^LHellenists; ^CJews who spoke Greek and had returned to Israel after living abroad], but they were trying to kill him. ³⁰ When the ·followers [^Lbrothers] learned about this, they took Saul to Caesarea [^Ccity on the Mediterranean coast] and from there sent him to Tarsus [9:11].